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Rogue, The DESCRIPTION: The girl walks down the street "like a good girl should" followed by a rogue, a sailor, a knave or some such. She rather coyly seduces him. (He coyly gets her pregnant.)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1750 (Percy Folio)
KEYWORDS: bawdy sex seduction pregnancy
FOUND IN: US(So) Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "AS I GAED TO THE WELL AT E'EN"
Kinloch-TheBalladBook XXVII, p. 82-83, "The Knave" (1 text)
Randolph/Legman-RollMeInYourArms I, pp. 187-190, "The Rogue" (2 texts, 1 tune)
DT, KNAVEKN NAVENAVE*
ADDITIONAL: Frederick J. Furnivall, _Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs_, printed by and for the Editor, London, 1868, p. 108, "A Dainty Ducke" (1 fragment)
MANUSCRIPT: {MSPercyFolio}, The Percy Folio, London, British Library, MS. Additional 27879, page 487
Roud #8156 and 5132
RECORDINGS:
Lizzie Higgins, "Auld Roguie Grey" (on LHiggins01)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
A Gob Is a Gob
Knaves Will Be Knaves
NOTES [41 words]: I think [Roud #5136 and #8156] are really the same song, and if I were calling the shots I would lump them under "The Rogue." Lizzie Higgins' version ends up after her "bairnie" is born with the "auld Roguie" returning to her and marrying her. - DGE
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